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Name: R C HOOK
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: L/FX 671256
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1945-11-15
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 926
Place of death: At sea, near Crail, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NORWICH CEMETERY - Norfolk
Commemoration details: Section 54, Grave 158
Family details: Son of Charles and Lydia Hook; husband of Audrey Hook of Mile Cross, Norwich
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: L/FX 671256
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1945-11-15
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 926
Place of death: At sea, near Crail, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NORWICH CEMETERY - Norfolk
Commemoration details: Section 54, Grave 158
Family details: Son of Charles and Lydia Hook; husband of Audrey Hook of Mile Cross, Norwich
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